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An unusual symptom of the disease is scientifically called parosmia, a condition in which a person smells nonexistent odors or distorted variants of existing odors. Experts fear that more and more young people and health workers will complain about the disease.
Professor Nirmalis Kumar, an ear, nose and throat surgeon, called the symptom “very strange and definitely unique.”
Professor N. Kumar from the UK was one of the first doctors to identify anosmia (a temporary loss of smell) in coronavirus patients in March.
It was he who asked Public Health England to add anosmia to the list of COVID symptoms. A few months later, the symptom was also found in the official guidelines.
The expert has now observed that of the thousands of patients treated in the UK for prolonged anosmia, some are also experiencing a state of parosmia.
Professor N. Kumar also told Sky News that patients experience ophthalmic hallucinations, which means that they “smell like distorted, often unpleasant odors.” He added that the condition “is of great concern to patients and has a negative impact on their quality of life.”
‘Long-term COVID’ is a term used to describe the symptoms of a coronavirus that lasts for weeks or even months after illness.
Describing the coronavirus as a “neurotropic virus”, the expert explains: “This virus attacks the nerves of the head, especially the nerve responsible for the senses. It is likely to damage other nerves and affect neurotransmitters, the mechanisms that send signals to the brain. Some patients experience hallucinations, sleep disturbances, hearing loss. We cannot name the exact mechanisms, but we are looking for ways to help our patients recover as quickly as possible. “
“I met two of those patients this morning, both health professionals. One smelled fish instead of the other, the other smelled burning when there was no smoke around. For some people, those feelings can be very unpleasant,” said the professor to the AP news agency.
According to him, this may be because the coronavirus that enters the human body damages certain nerves in the nose.
The Public Health Agency of England is urged to include these symptoms on the coronavirus symptom list.
London-based 24-year-old banker Daniel Saveski says he suffered from a coronavirus in March for two weeks with no smell or taste. Since then, it has also been plagued with parosmia.
A young British man from West York says that when he smells various things he has the urge to burn, like the smell of sulfur or as if someone has burned toast. The man says: “This condition has taken away the pleasure of enjoying food, very sad because I do not smell some smells until now.”
Lynn Corbett, a real estate agency manager, says she was shocked when she woke up on the morning of her 52nd birthday in March without feeling any taste or smell. The Sussex recalls: “From March to May, I had absolutely no taste at all; I think I could have eaten an onion like an apple and not felt the difference.”
The sense of smell began to slowly return in June, “but no one smelled like they should.”
“It just came to our attention then. Such a foul sweet smell. It is very difficult to describe, because I have never experienced anything like this before,” says the woman.
According to her, although she has been “addicted to coffee” for most of her life, now the beloved drink does not smell, but it stinks. Also beer and gasoline.
Although the British woman does not know if she will ever fall asleep again, she does not lose optimism: “I am not too confused by this, I feel happy and grateful that after contracting the coronavirus I fell ill relatively easily, I did not end up in the hospital and not I died”.
The Charity AbScent Foundation, which helps people with olfactory disorders, collects information on thousands of patients with anosmia and parosmia and contributes to the search for effective treatments.
Experts recommend that everyone with parosmia practice “smell exercises,” such as smelling rose, lemon, garlic, and eucalyptus oil every day for about twenty seconds.
Kumar adds: “We already have timid initial evidence that such olfactory training helps patients.”
The expert assures that the majority of the people will eventually regain both normal smell and taste.
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